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This study was originally processed, archived, and disseminated by Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR), a project funded by the
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

India Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2005 (ICPSR 22626)

Principal Investigator(s):
Desai, Sonalde, University of Maryland;
Vanneman, Reeve, University of Maryland;
National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi

Summary:

A Data Guide for this study is available as a web page and for download. The India Human Development Survey 2005 (IHDS) is a nationally representative, multi-topic survey of 41,554 households in 1,503 villages and 971 urban neighborhoods across India. Two one-hour interviews in each household covered topics concerning health, education, employment, economic status, marriage, fertility, gender relations, and social capital. Children aged 8-11 completed short reading, writing and arithmetic tests. Additional village, school, and medical facility interviews are also available.

A Data Guide for this study is available as a web page and for download. The India Human Development Survey 2005 (IHDS) is a nationally representative, multi-topic survey of 41,554 households in 1,503 villages and 971 urban neighborhoods across India. Two one-hour interviews in each household covered topics concerning health, education, employment, economic status, marriage, fertility, gender relations, and social capital. Children aged 8-11 completed short reading, writing and arithmetic tests. Additional village, school, and medical facility interviews are also available.

Study Description

Citation

Desai, Sonalde, Reeve Vanneman, and National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi. India Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2005. ICPSR22626-v11. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22626.v11

Response Rates:
Response rates were calculated as 82 percent for the recontact sample, 98 percent for the new sample, and 92 percent for the total response rate.

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

2013-06-17 The Household data (Part 2) were updated to add the following eight variables that had been mistakenly omitted from the dataset: NWORK, NFARM, NANIMAL, NAGWAGE, NNONAG, NSALARY, NBUSINESS, and INCOTHER. The Household data codebook was also updated.

2010-06-29 Additional documentation file has been added.

2010-05-04 Additional documentation files have been added.

2010-03-25 At the principal investigator's request, an ID variable was removed.

2010-02-17 Added village-level and crop data as new parts

2009-08-25 Added updated versions of the Medical and Primary School questionnaires.

2009-06-22 Added updated versions of the Household and the Individual datasets, and added Medical, Non-Resident, School, and Birth History datasets.

2009-02-10 Added the original questionnaires that were used during data collection.

2008-12-11 At the principal investigator's request, an ID variable was removed and the citation was updated

2008-08-22 The title for Part 1 has been revised and response rate information has been added.